Sometimes I go to the city
I can understand why anyone who stops by here on a regular basis might think the largest town I’ve ever been to is Muleshoe, Texas (population 5,217), but I have actually gone to some larger towns. Like Brownfield – population 9,675. Or Levelland – population 13,517. Or Sweetwater – population 10,447.
And this one time? I went to Dallas.
downtown Dallas
photographed 3.19.2011
Full disclosure #1: If you think I chose the town examples because their names are funny and/or descriptive, you are correct.
Full disclosure #2: I’ve actually been to Dallas more than just the one time.
Posted on September 21, 2013, in architecture, Photography and tagged 365 photo project, architecture, black and white photography, dallas, dallas texas, downtown, melinda green harvey, one day one image, photo a day, photography, texas. Bookmark the permalink. 17 Comments.
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I had a roommate from Sweetwater! He loved it and couldn’t wait to get back. A real cowboy and a great guy. Probably never stayed at the Palomino though.
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Small world, I guess. Even though your roommate didn’t stay at the Palomino, so far as we know, I’ll bet he ate at this place: http://www.yelp.com/biz/allen-family-style-meals-sweetwater
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Funny place names are attractive, unless perhaps that is where you live. There are some in Canada that I would not want to be advertising on business letter head for instance. Newfoundland has bunch of them. Small towns all (here are few examples http://wp.me/p23yzH-pJ). Same here in BC – BC bud being a famous export, it is hardly surprising that there is a town called Stoner.
I wonder if a name can keep a town small – what respectable company wants a Stoner mailing address? I doubt that that even the most technical publishing press would base themselves in Boring, Oregon. Even in Texas this naming effect is possibe, though, it being Texas, they might be bigger small towns than other small towns.
Nice pic by the way, though being from a wet place, I can only imagine water entering that wall along the seams of the stepped bit tacked on the side.
btw, your research department refuses to count rectangles in this picture – our assessment is ‘lots’.
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First, without being to graphic or anything, I have to say that I was amused by the placement in the list of these two towns: Dildo and Happy Adventure.
But anyway.
I think I’ve read books that should have been published in Boring.
I agree with the research department’s assessment of the number of rectangles. I imagine the Department has better things to do today than count.
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The department is going to the wedding of friend’s child.
I was not going to put any of those words in your comments, seeing as how you might not want searches for those words ending up in your blog. Though they would find much better photography than they were expecting. Still, traffic is traffic.
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There’s no such thing as bad publicity?
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I do not remember Dallas in such geometric shapes, nor light sepia – but then there is a different city for each pair of eyes.
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I don’t necessarily remember it as light sepia, but the photograph was rather insistent that light sepia was the correct color. So what do you do?
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The photograph itself is always right.
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It’s taken me a while to figure that out, but the photos and I happier now that I have!
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LOL. Dallas…. not much to see around here!!
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I know. I did the best I could. It’s not like it’s far West Texas, or anything!
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I love the geometric shapes in this shot. Clever POV, Melinda.
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Thanks, Andy. Kind of different from my usual, but I don’t want to get bored. Or be boring!
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Great composition, Melinda. Love that slab of white.
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Thank you, Ashley. That’s what caught my eye, and why I took the shot!
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